I'm always super excited about a new Julie Falatko book -- just preordered Chester! And YES on art museums, and illusion setups and Jenny Offhill (well, the ones I've read, which I apparently need to broaden, stat!)
HOWEVER--and I realize this was not at all what the intent of talking about leg warmers was--I would pay a shocking amount of money to once again feel as "leggy" and cool as I did back when I was a kid wearing leg warmers; I wore the *ish out of mine. 😂 (My legs, sadly...never that twiggy again post-puberty so it's a lost cause now.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/WWr11vGufo5RUi3d8
How were the Montreal bagels? So glad you had a great trip!
Love your new course and peptalk ideas -- I'm always fascinated how creators diversify their income and it has been cool to see you build out courses and other ideas.
I've felt so more in tune with myself since taking your Map course. Thanks again!
Filterworld sounds incredible. Thanks for putting it on my radar. Thanks also for this incredible piece, which says out loud so many of the things about art and creating and social media that I’ve been quietly thinking.
Julie, I created a Facebook Page a few years back that eventually got 500,000 followers. I made videos that took me all of 6-8 hours to make, and a lot of times they'd go viral pretty easily. Why? Cause I made videos about the Philippines, the social media capital of the world, and Filipinos really appreciated that and shared my videos everywhere all the time. I grew quickly, even though a lot of the videos that I made were objectively trash. I deleted my page a few years after I started it. There is so much B.S. on the internet today. So much copying and growth hacking and little to no real substance anywhere. It's really hard to find. But I found some substance here with you. I'm subscribing. I hope you keep writing!!
OK so first, I'd like Chester Barkingham to be our president. I bet he likes most humans and wants them to be happy. I think dogs are better people than people. At the very least we'd have a lot more fun!
I value originality and creativity and I have an internal radar that is always scanning the world for "delight:" ideas, people, things that combine the element of surprise with joy. And yeah, if the motive driving an organization is to maximize shareholder wealth, it's not a good source to things that are delightful.
The paradox for me is that human beings love novelty and being deeply touched and being delighted and I suspect most people, certainly me, always have a radar on for experiences that meet those needs. You might go so far as to say there is a large, unmet need in the developed world for these experiences because we spend so much in virtual corporate space and it's so bland and full of non-stop appeals to buy stuff.
The interesting question I like to play with is How do We (creators with cool stuff we've created) connect with the people who are out there are really, really want what we're creating? I'm experimenting with some ideas though they nothing whatsoever to do with algorithms and gaming the system.
This is absolutely amazing. I need to check out this book. I still feel a genuine desire to make good stuff and create connections on social media, but I agree with everything you said--that it's much different than it was in the beginning, and that with more than a few minutes a day, it quickly becomes basically a swamp. I'm trying to lead with idea rather than platform. In other words, lead with my idea for a photo, drawing, comic, or silly video, and then instagram or youtube or tiktok happen to be the place where I "publish" that work. I'm hoping that will keep things at least a little more in the realm of making art rather than falling into the content mill. We'll see! I think it takes careful watching to avoid falling into that mill and being ground up entirely.
I've always hated leg warmers - they just look 'what-the-heck-are-those-ish?'! Filterworld is coming my way via the library (67th in line) thank you for bringing to light.
I'm always super excited about a new Julie Falatko book -- just preordered Chester! And YES on art museums, and illusion setups and Jenny Offhill (well, the ones I've read, which I apparently need to broaden, stat!)
HOWEVER--and I realize this was not at all what the intent of talking about leg warmers was--I would pay a shocking amount of money to once again feel as "leggy" and cool as I did back when I was a kid wearing leg warmers; I wore the *ish out of mine. 😂 (My legs, sadly...never that twiggy again post-puberty so it's a lost cause now.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/WWr11vGufo5RUi3d8
Such a great post! Congrats on the book news :)
How were the Montreal bagels? So glad you had a great trip!
Love your new course and peptalk ideas -- I'm always fascinated how creators diversify their income and it has been cool to see you build out courses and other ideas.
I've felt so more in tune with myself since taking your Map course. Thanks again!
Filterworld sounds incredible. Thanks for putting it on my radar. Thanks also for this incredible piece, which says out loud so many of the things about art and creating and social media that I’ve been quietly thinking.
Julie, I created a Facebook Page a few years back that eventually got 500,000 followers. I made videos that took me all of 6-8 hours to make, and a lot of times they'd go viral pretty easily. Why? Cause I made videos about the Philippines, the social media capital of the world, and Filipinos really appreciated that and shared my videos everywhere all the time. I grew quickly, even though a lot of the videos that I made were objectively trash. I deleted my page a few years after I started it. There is so much B.S. on the internet today. So much copying and growth hacking and little to no real substance anywhere. It's really hard to find. But I found some substance here with you. I'm subscribing. I hope you keep writing!!
OK so first, I'd like Chester Barkingham to be our president. I bet he likes most humans and wants them to be happy. I think dogs are better people than people. At the very least we'd have a lot more fun!
I value originality and creativity and I have an internal radar that is always scanning the world for "delight:" ideas, people, things that combine the element of surprise with joy. And yeah, if the motive driving an organization is to maximize shareholder wealth, it's not a good source to things that are delightful.
The paradox for me is that human beings love novelty and being deeply touched and being delighted and I suspect most people, certainly me, always have a radar on for experiences that meet those needs. You might go so far as to say there is a large, unmet need in the developed world for these experiences because we spend so much in virtual corporate space and it's so bland and full of non-stop appeals to buy stuff.
The interesting question I like to play with is How do We (creators with cool stuff we've created) connect with the people who are out there are really, really want what we're creating? I'm experimenting with some ideas though they nothing whatsoever to do with algorithms and gaming the system.
This is absolutely amazing. I need to check out this book. I still feel a genuine desire to make good stuff and create connections on social media, but I agree with everything you said--that it's much different than it was in the beginning, and that with more than a few minutes a day, it quickly becomes basically a swamp. I'm trying to lead with idea rather than platform. In other words, lead with my idea for a photo, drawing, comic, or silly video, and then instagram or youtube or tiktok happen to be the place where I "publish" that work. I'm hoping that will keep things at least a little more in the realm of making art rather than falling into the content mill. We'll see! I think it takes careful watching to avoid falling into that mill and being ground up entirely.
I've always hated leg warmers - they just look 'what-the-heck-are-those-ish?'! Filterworld is coming my way via the library (67th in line) thank you for bringing to light.
Very succinct! Thank you for explaining it so clearly!